Body Snatchers: Parasitic Monsters in FilmMain MenuBody Snatchers: Parasitic Monsters in FilmWhat is a Body Snatcher?Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)The Progenitor of the Body Snatcher CrazeRosemary's Baby (1968)A Quiet TerrorThe Exorcist (1973)The Loss of InnocenceAlien (1979)An Extraterrestrial Embodiment of Primal SexualityThe Thing (1982)A Masterpiece in Body HorrorGet Out (2017)Racialized Body-Snatching... And Many, Many More!Why Body Snatchers?CitationsClayton Meyer9f8f32a5f41ed8ced76f54c2672bfdcc44a67d85
Deadite
1media/deadite_thumb.jpg2020-05-13T17:57:50-07:00Clayton Meyer9f8f32a5f41ed8ced76f54c2672bfdcc44a67d85371824A victim of demonic possession, called a Deadite, from Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead (1981)plain2020-05-14T20:16:07-07:00Clayton Meyer9f8f32a5f41ed8ced76f54c2672bfdcc44a67d85
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1media/Magenta.jpg2020-05-13T17:45:11-07:00What is a Body Snatcher?15plain2020-05-14T21:02:46-07:00TV Tropes defines a body snatcher as "a foreign intelligence that takes over a person's body". Hosts for body snatchers tend to act out violently, and often undergo grotesque physical transformations. Body snatching is a common trend, particularly in the horror genre, and can take the form of possession, implantation of a fetus for incubation, or cloning, just to name a few types.
What makes body snatchers such frightening monsters? As human beings, we are social animals that obligately seek out others to form groups. The introduction of a body snatcher impedes one's ability to trust others, and forces individuals to self-isolate for their preservation of self. Body snatchers are manifestations of our fear of losing our identity in a world with such strict social mores.
